Insurers Raise Health Bills Average 20%, Kaiser Says
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Americans buying their own health insurance face an average 20 percent increase in premiums, driving some toward cheaper plans with fewer benefits, according to the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
An estimated 14 million U.S. individuals under age 65 purchase coverage themselves, rather than through an employer, according to a Kaiser report released today. About 77 percent of them got a premium increase, said the Menlo Park, California-based nonprofit, which surveyed 1,038 buyers of their own individual and family health insurance between March 19 and April 2.